The city of Syracuse, New York is governed by a mayor-council system. The current mayor is Ben Walsh, who was elected in 2017 and is up for re-election in 2021. The City Council consists of nine members who are each elected to four-year terms. Local politics in 13212 Syracuse involve a wide variety of issues, such as economic development, housing affordability, public safety and crime prevention, infrastructure and transportation improvements, and environmental protection. Various initiatives have been implemented to address these problems over the years such as the creation of an Innovation Team to spur economic development initiatives in the city. Furthermore, Mayor Walsh has taken steps to increase accessibility to affordable housing through his Housing Stability Initiative which establishes resources for families facing eviction or foreclosure. In addition to this initiative, there have also been various public safety initiatives put in place to reduce crime and violence throughout the city including neighborhood watch programs and increased police patrols.
The political climate in Zip 13212 (Syracuse, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Onondaga County, NY is moderately liberal. In Onondaga County, NY 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Onondaga county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.9% to 38.9%.
Onondaga county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 13212 (Syracuse, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Syracuse, New York is somewhat liberal.
Onondaga County, New York is moderately liberal.
Syracuse Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
New York is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Syracuse, New York: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 13212 (Syracuse)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 478 contributions totaling $19,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $28,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)